| Show WILL MOVE TO ST GEORGE active work on dixie project wis will begin J 11 lawritzen Lan ritzen sad and W S rust return from dixie with story of their wandering J M lauritzen prid W S rust returned on friday from dixie where they hev have been for a few weeks looking atter alter matters to the great irrigation irn cation aroi et which will be launched within the next two months they bring brine back word of the opening of spring sprine in the southland southia nd with gardens cardens bringing ori neine nging into being and the fruit trees bevin nine to put forth their blossoms and all nature smil me ing it must truly be a diee dise mr lauritzen is making preparation to move his family to st george where he will be close to the scene of the big bie project this does net mean that he be will forsake richfield but he can give eive his attention entirely to the successful completion of the reclamation scheme by beme being on the ground there is a great rieal deal of preliminary work to be done A survey ine party will benn begin the work of cross sectioning section inc and laying laving out the reservoirs and when this is ed ane real work of canal construct mv ine the erection of retaining retain ine dams and the tun tunnelling tunnel nelling linc will all be placed under headway this work will re mr Launt Laurit zens personal supervision and he is moving to st george georce where he can be in close touch with ever evera move in the big bie project id kust fust has spent the past few weeks i n company with robert anderson a government rovern ment geologist sent out cut from washington to investigate the lands along alone the virgin river as to their value as agricultural aen cultural or oil lands some time since the government withdrew 20 townships from entry until the land could be properly classed as to its value and whether it was mineral or agricultural land among amone the land withdrawn witha rawn was wae oart dart of the tract upon which mr Laur laurinten iten proposed to place the waters of the virgin river and convert it into the most wonderful fruit land of the west one of the chicago men whom mr succeeded in interesting int erestine in the reclamation scheme is M B gearon this gentleman was so in the propos edl scheme that he immediately took the matter of the withdrawal and investigation of these lands up with one bof of the senators from illinois also with senators smoot and sutherland and he wrote a personal letter to secretary ballinger Bal lincer urvine that this land shoula be investigated at once and if it is found to be more valuable for agricultural purposes than for oil land that it be restored to entry the energy of mr gearon had the effect of mr anderson being sent from washington last month to investigate investigate vesti gate cate the lands mr rust accompanied com compa Danied nied him and went over the he land carefully the tract upon bich it is designed to place the virgin river waters is in no sense oil or mineral land while it is the area greatest test fruit land in the west mr anderson gave out no information as to what his report would be tut hit the land is 39 fruit land and it will be thrown open onen for entry as soon as mr A Ai derbon makes nib bib report the nt antt at fv few months aill ill see a areat deal of development work done on this excellent dixie Iro project jeLt mr rust expects to spend most of his time in dixie as lie he can be of more service bervice on the around than he be can an by bv tra travelling velling tr tn and fro frn for th this is rea reason on he in kiy ty mo moie e his family to st georze in the near future |
